Speaking About Math + Stats -- October 21

Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 21:15 | By: Becky Anderson | Category: Events

Looking for new teaching strategies and techniques? Interested in Course Redesign and new technology? Learn from your colleagues for FREE and from the comfort of your own home or office! Join our Speaking about Math & Stats Online Conference – Friday, October 21st from 10am-5pm Eastern.

This full day online conference is filled with sessions given by mathematicians and statisticians.

• You can join just one session or you can join multiple sessions; it is up to you.
• You must register to attend. 
• To join on October 21st, all you need is a computer and internet connection.
• There are NO REGISTRATION FEES!

Speaking About Math & Stats is open to all math and stats professors, teaching a variety of classes from dev math through calculus and even statistics. Check out the great topics and fabulous speakers! 

• 10am Eastern: Dick DeVeaux, Williams College: Play It Again, Sam: Some Thoughts on Using Simulation and Resampling in the Introductory Statistics Course
• 11am Eastern: Jay Lehman, College of San Mateo: What’s the Function of Functions in Intermediate and College Algebra?
• noon Eastern: Alan and Holly Bass, San Diego Mesa College and Southwestern College: Math Study Skills in the Classroom
• 1pm Eastern: Brooke Buckley, Northern Kentucky University: Simulation in StatCrunch
• 2pm Eastern: Peter Tannenbaum, California State University, Fresno: Animated Applets for Liberal Arts Mathematics
• 3pm Eastern: John Squires, Chattanooga State Community College: A Tale of Two Redesigns
• 4pm Eastern: Chuck Stevens, Skagit Valley College: Using Interactive Figures Created with Mathematica to Visualize and Explore Concepts in Applied Calculus

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